Rome: Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Private Tour

About this activity

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  • time-forward_15911935 Duration

    3 hours
  • guide_13794414 Live tour guide

    English Spanish Russian
  • portal-enter_10462703 Skip the line through a separate entrance

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Highlights

  • See the Vatican Museums and Sistine chapel with St Peter's Basilica
  • Visit the Vatican Museum Cabinet of the Masks, and The Gallery of Maps
  • Enter the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel ahead of the lines
  • Learn stories from your guide about the Vatican art collections
  • Take in the city without the stress of driving with pickup and drop-off

Your experience

A private van will come to your hotel for pickup and drop-off.

After you meet a licensed tour guide at the Vatican gates, you will enter security without waiting in line and receive tickets that allow you to enter with your guide.

During your visit, it will be possible to see the principal galleries and art pieces in the Vatican Museums, which include the Cabinet of the Masks, The Gallery of Maps, and Raphael Rooms.

The stories about how all these artworks were acquired will make them even more interesting.

No silence or photography is allowed in the beautiful Sistine Chapel.

However, there too your guide will tell you all its history and details.

Just a short break after this very informative tour, a van will return you to your hotel.

The van service is only for guests who stay in central Rome hotels; those who stay in just-outside-the-city accommodations will have to pay an extra 75 euros.

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Skip-the-line tickets
  • Private tour
  • Licensed guide
  • Vatican Museums entry
  • Sistine Chapel entry
  • St Peter's Basilica tour
  • Headsets to hear the tour guide clearly
  • Bottle of water
What's Excluded
  • Food

Itinerary

Starting location:

Vatican Museums

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Sistine Chapel

Guided tour (30 minutes)

Arrive back at:

Vatican Museums

Meeting Point

To Remember

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card
  • Student card

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Short skirts
  • Sleeveless shirts

Know before you go

  • All visitors must pass through airport-style security so if you have peacemakers or prosthesis please inform your guide so that you can get in through a manual security verification.
  • Knees and shoulders need to be covered inside the Sistine Chapel since it is a holy place.